Realistic assessment of slope reliability for effective landslide hazard management

Geotechnique

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-94

  Cheung, R W M ^a   Tang, W H ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Failure; Landslides; Slopes; Statistical analysis; Time dependence

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; HAZARDS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; SLOPE STABILITY;

LANDSLIDE HAZARD MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY MAPPING; SITE-SPECIFIC FAILURE; SLOPE MANAGEMENT;

LANDSLIDES;

CUTTING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LANDSLIDE; SLOPE STABILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; WORLD;

EID: 14044255711     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2005.55.1.85     Document Type: Article

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